When is a persons smoking habit too much? recently a cousin of mines parents died from lung cancer brought on from smoking. This caused My cousin and her brother to be sent to a foster family. So my question is is a persons cigarettes worth the chance you could die and leave your family with no one to take care of them? I know people die from other stuff to but im focusing on the effects of smoking.
This happened to my grandfather as well. He used to smoke two packs a day. Even after he was diagnosed, he still continued doing it.
I think it's too much when you can't control your urges to smoke anymore. Like you'll drop everything to go out and have a smoke--even when you're in a meeting or in class. Or people like my grandfather who couldn't stop amidst a sickness. I know people who are like this. I think smoking is fine, as long as you're well aware of what it can do to your system. I used to smoke quite often (once, with marijuana) but I never got addicted to it, for some reason. I decided to stop two semesters ago and I haven't touched any cigarettes since, so I think it never became a habit for me.
I think it's true though that there are very addicting chemicals in cigarettes. I read somewhere that there were 4000 chemicals in a single cigarette and only 50 of those are actually known. Strange that it's still legal, now that I think about it.